Strategies to Promote the Mental Health of Patients in Palliative Care: Integrative Review

The respective research aims to analyze national and international publications that investigate mental health promotion strategies carried out by the nursing team for patients in palliative care. It is understood that palliative care is a methodology developed to provide differentiated assistance to patients with advanced illness until the end of life, in the hospital and home environment, based on the patient-family binomial, called the hospice movement. To this end, a bibliographical research was carried out, using a qualitative descriptive approach using the techniques of systematic integrative literature review. Focusing on the results, 7 articles were selected and after analyzing the studies, the categories emerged: 1) Strategies for promoting the mental health of patients in palliative care: caring for patients, family members and workers; 2) Necessary requirements for humanized nursing care for patients in palliative care: Professional training and continuing education. The study concludes that it is extremely important that nursing professionals are equipped with skills and qualifications to develop strategies that promote the mental health of patients and their families, as well as health professionals. To achieve this, it is necessary to disseminate good practices in palliative care through humanized care with a focus on promoting the mental health of everyone involved using as strategies the insertion of empathy, solidarity, spirituality, effective communication, as well as investing in professional training and ongoing in-service education.